Wednesday, June 27, 2012

OECD Report: US Inequality Will Stymie Growth

"The US economy is likely to grow moderately this year, but is limited by stagnant wages, relatively high income inequality and an education system that provides few resources to those likely to need them, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said...

Of the 34 OECD countries, only three -- Turkey, Mexico and Chile -- had higher income inequality that the U.S. at the end of the last decade. The U.S. also had the fourth-highest relative poverty rate..."

Majia here: And inequality has grown rapidly over the last 12 years, particularly during the recession.

About Me

I am a Professor at a large public university. I study political economy and biopolitics (the politics of life). My interests are diverse but are broadly concerned with economic, social and environmental justice. I have published 5 books: Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy and Ecological Sustainability: The Threat of Financial and Energy Complexes in the Twenty-First Century (2016); Fukusima and the Privatization of Risk (2013); Constructing Autism (2005); Governmentality, Biopower and Everyday Life (2008/2011); Governing Childhood (2010).
I also participated in an edited collection on Fukushima: Fukushima: Dispossession or Denuclearization (2014).